1. After watching the DVD “The Truman Show” please answer the following questions in detail. • Do you agree with the concept of “The Truman Show”? • What moral and ethical problems do you see with making a programme of this nature? • What practical problems might there be? • Do you think it might happen? (Why / Why not?)

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2. Imagine a programme similar to “The Truman Show” is currently being broadcast on Spanish television. Write a letter to the Broadcasting Standards Commission explaining what you think are the main arguments against the programme.

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3. Answer the following questions about The Media

1. How has the media changed over the last 100 years?

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2. Why is the media powerful?

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3. What does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights say about press freedom?

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